Episode 27: The Most Useful Things We Bought After Bariatric Surgery (That Aren’t Food)

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27. 27. Love it. I know. That's amazing. That

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is my birthday. So I really, really do love the

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number 27. I also have to say I love our new

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shorter format. Okay. So the shorter format is

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really growing on me. So I really hope you guys

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like it too. I didn't think we could do it. I

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didn't either. And like, we will do a longer,

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like, like we said, every month or maybe every

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two months, we'll do like a really long version.

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Yeah. But I think the version that's going to

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be long will be like answering questions. Yes.

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Or I've had an idea. We do a debate where you

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and I pick like three hot topics that we don't

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agree on. Oh, that's good. And we debate it for

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like an hour and a bit. Or a guest. A guest.

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We are trying to line up a guest right now. We're

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going to keep it secret for a minute, but we

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are trying to line up a guest for a really cool,

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interesting topic that I personally have a lot

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of questions on. So it would be great to have

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someone to answer my questions. But for the 27th

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episode, we're going to talk about, I mean, I

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say this every time, a cool topic, but we're

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going to talk about something that came up from

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one of our listeners who said, I would love to

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know what you guys think. is essential things

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to have after surgery. And I hilariously said

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to Steph, we've already talked about that. And

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she rightfully pointed out, we talked about the

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food that we think is essential, but we literally

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never talked about non -food items that are essential.

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And I was like, oh my God, the list is a lot

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long. We talked about like immediate post -op

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essentials. We talked about hospital essentials,

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but we never talked about... post -bariatric

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life essentials, things that we use every day.

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Yeah. Non -food related items. Yep. Basically.

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Yeah. And I was like, oh shit, you know, that's

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actually a really good topic because I don't

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think I even talk about that socially enough

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that there are definitely things that I have

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seen, bought, invested in because I was like,

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this is great as a bariatric patient. Like I

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absolutely need this. And so, yeah. For episode

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27, we're going to talk about those essential

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items that we've literally purchased after bariatric

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surgery, not food related. And honestly, I think

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sometimes I subconsciously didn't even realize

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I bought this because of bariatric surgery. And

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it's just been like a huge plus in my life. Or

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just something that you use all the time now

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that you never thought of. Or that I've never

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used before. Like one thing that I laughed about

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the other day, I was at the cottage and we had

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people over and we were all having dinner. And

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all the plates were out. And I kind of stood

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there for a minute. And I looked at the paper

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plates. And my mom kind of looked at me. And

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I was like, these plates are too big. And everyone

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was like, what? I now use baby plates. Like a

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little kid. I use my kid's toddler plates. Yeah.

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Because. We don't eat that much. I also bought

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a really cool fancy. We have a really neat flower

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gift shop in town where I live. Oh, see, I love

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those. Yeah, it's just this little small town

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shop. And they had these really pretty little

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almost like side plates. But they were all painted

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and they just had really cool patterns and stuff.

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So I bought myself a fancy little. mini side

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plate that I use as my plate, but then I also

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use kids plastic, like those, you know, you've

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all seen them, those bright neon colored plastic

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plates. I use those because we don't eat a full

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plate worth. We do not. And a lot of this, especially

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the beginning, it's a mental mindfuck. And so

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if you put a tiny little bit of food. I use the

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divided plates too. If you put a tiny amount

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of food on a big plate, you're immediately feeling

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deprived. Even though you haven't started to

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eat yet, you immediately look at this and go,

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well, shit, that's all I get. And you're also

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going to put more on the plate because you have

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this thing that the plate needs to be full. So

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if you use a smaller plate. the amount of food

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you're eating will fill up that plate. You will

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immediately think you're getting a lot of food.

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You'll immediately feel satiated. You can load

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that plate up. It'll look like a super full plate

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of food, but it's the size of the palm of my

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hand. And so especially at the very beginning

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of the post -surgery phase, that little plate

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came in so handy for me because it was minuscule

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amounts of food that I was eating. That is something

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that it looks really funny because I'll lay out.

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the family's plates for dinner and Devin will

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have his big plate the kids will have their normal

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plates and then there'll be this toddler plate

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and you look around you're like who's this for

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nine nine inch plates and that's what I needed

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to look up because I was like I can't think of

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the size they're these teeny little toddler yeah

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the little nine inch plates and then I use a

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small fork I use like a kid oh yeah no I still

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use like a trident sized Poseidon yes blank fork

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I can't help it oh I need the bait like the further

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away from my food I am the better um But I agree

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with you on the little plate thing. And so, yeah,

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there's nine inch plates. You can, because I

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looked it up for you guys, you can go on Amazon.

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And if you use the search term portion plates,

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that's going to bring up a ton for you to choose

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from. And most people use the dinner plate set

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of five, nine inch. It comes pre -divided. And

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it's just an easy way to be like, obviously your

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protein goes in the biggest one. And then your

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carbs and your veggies go in the other two. I

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actually think my toddler plate is smaller than

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that. My kids use the divided plates. Okay. If

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you search on Amazon for like toddler. Toddler

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size. Okay. You'll see them right away. They're

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neon. They're like hot pink, hot purple, yellow,

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green. They're plastic. Okay. And that's what

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I use. Nice. Like it's literally. The plates

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my kids used when they started to eat solid foods.

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Which like, there's nothing wrong with that.

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And like, I have to point out, there's some really

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cute ones on here. The divided plates are great,

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especially for like, okay, I need this much protein.

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I need this much carb. I need this much veggie.

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They're a really good visual. There's some really

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cute little like ceramic ones with flowers and

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stuff on it. And you make it fun, right? Like

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your plate is small. You enjoy. Yes. But look

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how cool and fun. And it becomes your special

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plate. And that's what that little floral side.

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It's like a tea saucer plate. Yes. Appetizer

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plates. Fresh out of. Post -op, I loved it because

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that was my special plate and it was only mine.

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And it's made such a difference. At the cottage,

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trying to put my food on this normal average

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size paper plate, number one, looks ridiculous.

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And I noticed that I immediately put too much

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food on my plate and I couldn't finish it. Like

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there's been psychological studies about this.

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That the reason Americans, I'm sorry, I say Americans

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because the study was done in America. But the

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reason that Americans have such big portion sizes

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is because dinner plates have like tripled in

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size. size because you have these big giant plates

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and there's just this psychological phenomenon

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of needing to fill your plate. And like, here's

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a history lesson folks. It comes from the great

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depression from when they didn't have anything

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to after like finally finding cross, you know,

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being prosperous and having enough, they would

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fill their plate because they had lived through

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such hardship where they could barely eat anything.

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So it's kind of like been in bread over a few

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generations that you must fill your plate. You

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must eat everything on your plate. And you'll

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hear my mom say all the time to me, well, Hannah,

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that's how we were raised that you didn't leave

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that table. until that plate was empty. And then

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also you didn't make your own plate. Your mother

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would make your plate and give it to you. Right.

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And like, there's also a big cultural thing about

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that. Make my plate, you know, and I think it's,

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it's very big in the African -American community,

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but it's, you know, there's a cultural tie to

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that, that to show love, you, you make someone

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a plate, you know, you fill that food on that

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plate and give it to them. And that's, you know,

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there's a connection there. there's just a lot

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of generational things that you don't realize.

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And my mom's gotten really good now with being

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like, you can load your own food, Hannah. And

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I was like, see, if people are hungry, they can

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get seconds. Yeah. We used to overload it. So

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I do what you did. I didn't get the divided ones,

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but actually I'm not going to lie. I think I'm,

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Oh, I know exactly what you're talking about.

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If you look up cuddly hippo kids, plastic dinnerware

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on Amazon, those are the little. Those are the

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little plates and bowls that I use. Or there's

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one called Dr. Brown's divided plates and it's

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a three pack. It's like six bucks. So there you

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go, guys. We're plugging Amazon ahead of, you

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know, go nuts, have fun. We don't like them.

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We're not sponsored by them. Special and fun.

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That's just you. I think I'll, I think I'm going

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to make some divided plates at pottery because

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I love a set of ceramic ones, but I bought appetizer

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plates. So a big staple for me was I love thrifting.

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Oh, and like. I really like some of the sets

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at Indigo. Yeah. I went out of my way for these

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great appetizer plates that Indigo had. And appetizer

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plates, that's the size that you're looking for.

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They're side plates, they're appetizer plates,

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toddler plates, whatever you want to call them.

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Bread plates. Bread plates. Whatever. Yeah. If

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you want something a little more fancy than the

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divided plates for, you know, having people over,

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look for appetizer plates. My cupboard is now

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full of appetizer plates. I have little flower

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ones. I have, you know, black ones, white ones,

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all different colors. I keep normal plates for

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when I have like regular people come to the house.

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So I'm not like, here's your serving size on

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your appetizer plate. But I eat off appetizer

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plates because I, to your point, even when I'm

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at home and my mom puts the regular plates out,

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like there's just this notion of adding too much

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to it. And I will have to put some food back

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and she'll go, oh, come on. And I go, this is

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a huge plate. I don't think you realize. It almost

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makes me like panic and nervous when I see a

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big, a full size plate. Yeah. Yeah, because you

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will fill it just so okay. Yeah, great. One of

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the big staples that we both agree on is some

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sort of little plate that's yours. And I'm going

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to get some divided ones because I really like

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that idea. But I loved finding cute appetizer

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plates. Like now it is my thing when I go out.

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And it's not just the plates. I look for little

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like dip bowls. And those are my new bowls. Yeah,

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ramekins. I have so many ramekins. Oh God, me

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too. So many ramekins. Load up on the ramekins.

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Costco has a great six pack of these cute. little

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like ramekin bowls that I recommend. But yeah,

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I look for appetizer plates, appetizer bowls,

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dipping bowls, serving bowls. Like I love having

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different little tiny bowls because you need

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them. Some other staples. I definitely got those

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yogurt cups again off Amazon. I promise you were

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not sponsored by Amazon. Maybe we'll start a

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list though, just to make it easy. We'll put

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some of our favorite items on a list on Instagram.

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Yeah. So that you can easily find it. But I buy

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the yogurt cups because I, A, I don't want my

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granola going soggy. And I use like the Fiber

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One cereal or the Catalina Crunch cereal because

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I need the protein or whatever. But I love the

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little yogurt cups. And you can actually get

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like child, this is hilarious, child size yogurt

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cups. Perfect. And those are perfect. Because

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if you order the big size ones, you're like,

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this is such a waste of space. I get the little

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child -sized ones because I do like to pre -portion

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my yogurt because I get the big tub of yogurt

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now and I pre -portion it and I add my berries

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and my bananas and whatever. So that one has

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become essential. That's a good one. This one

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is essential in my mind. A milk frother, not

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a milk frother, but like a, yeah, like a frother.

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Like the handheld one you mean? The handheld,

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yeah. So I'm not talking about the one that goes

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with the Nespresso and you like froth it up.

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I'm talking about that little handheld whisk,

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that thing. Get a good one. The amount that I've

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blown through because I cheap out and get shitty

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ones and they don't handle protein well because

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it's too thick. I have a super nice and expensive

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one. And by expensive, I mean I paid 20 bucks

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for this one. Like high powered little hand whisk

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thing. I use it not only for my coffee, but I

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use it for all my protein powder because you

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have to blend protein powder. And I don't want

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to whip out my frigging blender to whip up a

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little bit of protein powder. I don't like pulling

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my blender out for shit like that. So I had to

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get a heavy duty frother because when you're

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making powdered protein, you need to mix it with

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hot water and then froth it the crap up. Then

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go ahead and add it to whatever you want to add

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it to. But I then also use it for my powdered

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Gatorade because... I find that it doesn't mix

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well unless you froth it up. I actually use it

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for everything now. It's on my counter and it's

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constant. Probably six or seven times a day I

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use that thing. I need to get a better one because

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I'm guilty for buying the cheap ones. Oh, they

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suck. They suck. By the time I keep replacing

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them. I paid like 50 bucks. Right? Total bullshit.

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I don't know why I don't just. I'm so cheap.

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I know. You know what I said to my mom, hey,

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for my birthday. Oh, that's a good idea. Get

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me the Cadillac of like milk frothers. And she

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was like, okay. And I was like, I also don't

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know where to look. So that's why I'm telling

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you to go find it. You figure it out for me.

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I don't know where to find a good one. I do need

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to get a good one. She got me one at Christmas

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and I was like, it's broken already. She was

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like, oh. And I was like, it's not you. They're

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shit. They are. So like find me like a titanium

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stainless steel. Yeah. Like go follow one of

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those rich people on Instagram and see what they

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use and get me one of those. I love it. But it

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goes hand in hand with what I just ordered. So

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I was, I keep my milk frothers driving me nuts

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and I don't like using the blender for stuff

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because. A blender's great, guys, but we don't

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eat big enough portion sizes and the amount of

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cleanup required in using my frigging blender

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for stupid shit drives me nuts. It also doesn't

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blend. I find it doesn't blend properly because

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like you said, we don't put enough in. We don't.

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So it doesn't mix properly. Like I make Devin

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a smoothie for lunch every day and it's fine.

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But then the other day I was like, I could go

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for, I forget what I put in there. But yeah,

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it didn't blend properly because it was like

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two inches high on the bottom. And I was like,

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well, this is stupid. Because it's like add liquid.

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And I'm like, I can't add liquid. It's like,

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I don't want to. whip up this cottage cheese.

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And I'm like, whip up the cottage cheese. That's

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what I was doing. I was whipping and it wouldn't

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whip because I didn't put enough in. The blender

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sucks with cottage cheese, by the way. Now, should

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I get a Vitamix or a Ninja and it's better? Yeah.

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But again, I'm not spending $700 on a blender

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that I use five times a year. So what I am buying,

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and I think it will become my new essential bariatric

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tool, is what they call like a hand mixer. Cuisinart

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specifically. No, not Cuisinart. What's that

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other good kitchen brand? Boss or Bosch? Yeah.

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Not the speaker guys. Braun. We call those boat

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motors. I have one of those. They're awesome.

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So it's basically a hand blender. Immersion blender.

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It's like an immersion blender, but this comes

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with the immersion blender attachment, a whisk

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attachment, a food processor attachment, and

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then a big tall cup that you... blend or whip

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everything in. So I'll post a picture because

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there's going to be people being like, what are

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you talking about? Blending soups. Blending soup,

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making cottage cheese, chopping my vegetables,

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whipping my protein, whipping other things. This

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is going to be way more essential to me than

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a blender because again, cleaning the blender

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is a nightmare too. And this is perfect for my

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serving sizes. This is going to be way easier.

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I was making... the carrot cake from Andy Hayes.

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And part of it was Greek yogurt, a little bit

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of cream cheese, and you had to whip it. And

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I went, what the heck do I use? I'm not putting

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that in the blender. And I don't have an electric

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beater because. I don't know. I guess I'm just

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an idiot. But I was like, well, also that's annoying.

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Taking out the electric beater to put in a bowl,

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whip it and then have to clean. So I went, that's

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it. I'm ordering this. That's great for post

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-surgery too. Because one of the things that

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I did a lot in the puree stage is I roasted vegetables

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and then blended them into like a thick soup.

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So like think like butternut squash soup, but

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even a little bit thicker. And I immersion blended

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and it was. They're so handy. Ding, ding, ding.

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So handy. Yeah. So I'll post a picture of this

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one, but I think this hand blender with all the

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attachments, like the wand, the beaker, the whisk,

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the food processor, it's way cheaper than a blender.

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And I think it's going to go way further in my

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bariatric journey. So that is one that I haven't

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used yet, but I'm pretty positive and confident

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to tell everybody this will become an essential

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item for me. I, I, yeah. Yep. Agreed. The other

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one that I'm going to say is essential. And Steph's

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going to love this because I know she wants one.

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The Ninja Creamy. Get out there right now and

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buy it. If you're post -surgery, if you're pre

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-surgery, if you're years post -op and still

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don't have one, get one. I have opened the damn,

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whether it's Amazon, Canadian Tire, whenever

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it's on sale, I open it. I look at it. I leave

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it open for like two days. I continually look

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at it. And then I always. I can't pull the trigger

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and do it. But then every time I talk to somebody,

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they're like, oh my God, it's the best thing

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I've ever bought. I'll sell you mine because

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I'm literally - You want the fancy one. Of course

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you do. Yes, I know. It's so bad. I know. I sound

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like such an asshole, but I'll sell you mine

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because there's a new Ninja Creamy that makes

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- What is - So this is the Ninja Creamy with

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the soft serve attachment. Shut up. I shit you

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not. So you can make your Ninja Creamy, but then

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also it acts as a soft serve machine. And I know

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I'm just paying for like gimmicks to make soft

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serve ice cream, but I, so like ice cream is

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so big for me. It's like one of my favorite things

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in the whole world. I literally live for ice

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cream. Guys, it literally has like a soft serve.

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It looks like you're at Dairy Queen with the

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handle and everything. So I'll sell you my creamy

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because I have the first generation creamy. So

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like I don't have this fancy second generation

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one. I don't even know the difference. Well,

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this one was more like a knob and I don't know.

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I think it's quieter. I will say the Ninja Creamy

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sounds like a space station in your kitchen.

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She's not quiet. If you live in a condo, like

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maybe not a good idea. The neighbors probably

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hate me, but also don't care. I'll sell you my

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Ninja Creamy because I'm definitely probably

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going to buy the soft serve one. But I can't

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stress enough how great. this was for me post

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-bariatric surgery. I like ice cream. Even if

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you don't like ice cream, sweet treats are something

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that you will crave. But the ability to literally

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take a Fairlife protein shake, freeze it, and

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then make it into ice cream. And it's not even

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bad ice cream. I don't know how the Ninja Creamy

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does it, but it's creamy. It's creamy like ice

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cream. And all I did was freeze a Fairlife shake.

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I have since experimented with so many recipes.

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So like, sorry, that was my dog. But I have...

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the sugar, you've heard me say it before, the

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sugar -free cream cheese pudding. Yeah. I will

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mix that in with a Ninja Creamy or I'll do cottage

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cheese with the Greek yogurt, with the pistachio

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sugar -free pudding. There's like a million high

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protein recipes. And some of these pints of ice

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cream are like 200 calories and 40 grams of protein.

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And it's good. It hits that rate. It hits that.

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The sweet tooth that I had a treat makes you

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feel like you're cheating, but my only criticism

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is, yeah, it does. doesn't really do well a couple

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of days later. Like you have to re -blend it

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if you want to eat it again later. So like for

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me, there is definitely a few times where I was

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like, I'm just a, I'm just throwing this pint

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out. Like it's not, it's not great. So don't

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make more than you. Well, you have no choice,

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but to make a full pint each time, but like,

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but I mean, don't make like four. Yeah. We're

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:48.500
bariatric patients. We're used to throwing shit

00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:50.630
out. Okay. Like we are definitely not helping.

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I just punted off on my family. Yeah. Here you

00:18:52.309 --> 00:18:54.009
go. Eat children. I know I need to get a husband

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that can eat this stuff with me. Um, yeah, that's,

00:18:57.509 --> 00:18:58.890
you know what? We should do another dating episode.

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It hasn't been going anywhere, but that's fine.

00:19:02.089 --> 00:19:04.670
We'll figure it out. Um, but yeah, Ninja creamy.

00:19:04.789 --> 00:19:06.930
I absolutely recommend it. No, you don't need

00:19:06.930 --> 00:19:08.950
the soft serve one. I just really, really want

00:19:08.950 --> 00:19:12.029
the soft serve one. Um, The ice cream is as good

00:19:12.029 --> 00:19:13.970
as it says. It's as good as it tastes. No, it

00:19:13.970 --> 00:19:15.849
is not like a regular ice cream machine. It's

00:19:15.849 --> 00:19:19.089
not the same. This does not require you to make

00:19:19.089 --> 00:19:21.509
ice cream. Other ice cream machines require you

00:19:21.509 --> 00:19:24.390
to make that cream, sugar, egg base. This will

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turn anything. When they say anything, if you

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get the can of pineapple and freeze that, you

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can make pineapple sorbet. Now you need to freeze

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it. than 24 yes there's no instant there's no

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instant ice cream here you gotta you gotta do

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it the day before but like literally the frozen

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vegetables whipping it into a sorbet frozen fruit

00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:45.740
oh yeah for fruit cheeses vegetables green beans

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i mean avocado ice cream is a thing i guess avocados

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are fruit so never mind okay maybe you have to

00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:54.200
join the bandwagon oh my god okay again i'm telling

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you you can have mine because when i move i'm

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not taking it with me but i will buy the new

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one um so there that's another one of my essentials

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Okay. Um, I, just because I'm looking at it,

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:11.160
um, for me, it's a Stanley or some form of Stanley.

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So Hannah mentioned, uh, in another episode that

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we're actually recording together right now,

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:20.140
which is pretty nice. Um, and I literally, I

00:20:20.140 --> 00:20:22.079
was going to, I was going to post from the car.

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I do a story. I forgot. And I was going to say,

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you know, tell me you're on a bariatric road

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trip without telling me because I had two Stan.

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I have my. protein coffee in my one Stanley.

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I've got my flavored water in my other Stanley.

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And then I almost brought my probiotic drink

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that I didn't finish in my third little Stanley.

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I love it. Because I have multiple size. I'm

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Stanley's and I'm just a Stanley slut. So it

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could be a Yeti. It could be a Stanley, but some

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form of insulated cup for me. We've talked about

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this. Hannah and I break the rules. We use a

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straw. It is what it is. No shame in my game.

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The thing that I like about the Stanley that

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I use for my water is it's the Stanley. I have

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a 30 ounce and a 40 ounce. And then I have a

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64 ounce, the big mother. But the thing that

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I like about them is it has the flip. top with

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the straw attached and that will hold. I have

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noticed it holds the water in place so you don't

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get as much air as a standard straw. So if you

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have one and you unscrew it, look at your straw

00:21:23.990 --> 00:21:25.730
when you take your lid off. There's liquid in

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your straw. So I find the Stanley's really good

00:21:29.029 --> 00:21:31.309
for not getting extra air in there. But anyway,

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whether it's a Yeti, whether it's a Stanley,

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some sort of insulated. That will keep my water

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cold. I don't like warm water. I am a cold water

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person. Oh my God, me too. That heads up. That

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may also change post -surgery. Some people can't

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have cold water. Some people can't have warm

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water. So that could change for you. But yeah,

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I'm a cold water person. So I need that because

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if I don't have... the water in front of me,

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I will not drink it. Same. I, if I am expected

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to go refill an eight ounce cup over and over

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:03.480
again, it's not going to happen. Um, so some

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:06.039
people will get those big jugs that have like

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the time of the day in dashes down the side.

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Those work great too. They just don't really

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:16.299
stay cold, but some sort of insulated water cup

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container, whatever you want to call it for me

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is an absolute must have. I cannot be without

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it. yep um i will it's funny because when you

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showed up i was like well we have the same stanley

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and we can't get them mixed up um i prefer and

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i don't know the name of it but i prefer the

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one that we just bought that has the might have

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:38.240
the name on it The Stanley that has the carrier

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:41.779
handle on the top. Now I know people like the

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:46.240
cup cups. I don't like the cup cups because there's

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a ton of molds that does get stuck. Yeah. You

00:22:49.119 --> 00:22:51.059
got to watch that shit. You got to like pop the.

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It is the classic flip straw tumbler. Okay. So

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that is what I recommend from Stanley. There

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is no plastic. There's no mold growth in that

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:02.220
one. It holds a lot. I love the carrying handle.

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:05.099
It's great. I'm. I don't like the cups. I've

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:07.319
had a cup. I had work give us a cup. This one's

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:09.019
not. And I've already thrown it. Like I had to

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:10.819
throw it away because when I learned about the

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:13.019
mold issue with the cups, I obviously was like,

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:15.539
this is too much work to clean. Having to snap

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:17.640
everything apart and clean it. I find the other

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:20.700
one way easier to keep clean. It holds everything

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:23.099
really cool. I have a Stanley thermos as well.

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:25.920
And I love my thermos. That's a great one too.

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.880
Because if you're going on a road trip, I recommend.

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:30.240
Now you don't need Stanley again. We're not sponsored.

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:32.119
There's Yeti. There's no name. Stanley would

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:36.200
like to. Yeah. Winners go to winners and get

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:38.680
the, the Hydra peak, which is the knockoff Hydra

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:41.099
flask, the knockoff Stanley. They're swell. They're

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:43.220
cheap as hell. They're great. I have a bunch

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:45.259
of those too, but the point is like, get yourself,

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:47.259
whatever it is, it's going to make you drink.

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:49.720
If you need the Bubba, if you need the cup, if

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:53.819
you need other things. Bo is just sucking up

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:55.339
for attention right now in the middle of this

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:58.019
podcast, which is great. But yeah, go and get

00:23:58.019 --> 00:24:00.160
the cups. I also recommend that. I drink more

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:01.779
with the cup. If it's not in front of me, it's

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:04.019
not going to happen. And it needs to be something

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:06.099
that I can lug and take everywhere that I go.

00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:10.200
So I recommend that for sure. This is going to

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.839
be a weird one. And then I promise we'll recommend

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:15.599
non -food related items. An ice machine. I was

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:18.069
kind of like... for a while, thought about wanting

00:24:18.069 --> 00:24:19.710
one. Now I know people are like, just put ice

00:24:19.710 --> 00:24:22.150
cubes in the freezer. Yeah, I did have ice cube

00:24:22.150 --> 00:24:24.170
trays in there. Then yeah, you got to refill

00:24:24.170 --> 00:24:26.630
them. And like, I don't know, there's something

00:24:26.630 --> 00:24:28.509
about the ice cube trays that just weren't working

00:24:28.509 --> 00:24:31.069
for me. So I got an ice machine. It was on Amazon.

00:24:31.289 --> 00:24:33.470
It was like a hundred and something bucks. I

00:24:33.470 --> 00:24:36.599
use it and empty it. daily like I have to refill

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:39.779
that ice machine every damn day the ease at which

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:42.299
I can just make a quick iced coffee then fill

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:44.500
my water and fill my water again and go have

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:46.500
another like especially if you're the cold water

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:50.400
kind of yes I am like just rolling through liquid

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:53.039
now because of that ice machine um and I have

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:54.799
to say like I have to look at which one you have

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:57.119
because I bought one so same thing we had an

00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:59.279
ice maker on our last fridge I'm not going to

00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:01.380
go down the rabbit hole of this ridiculous fridge

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:02.900
that was in the house when we bought it which

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:05.910
is this fridge that finally broke but it had

00:25:05.910 --> 00:25:09.250
an ice maker but we never used it and so the

00:25:09.250 --> 00:25:11.630
freezer was also shit it was a tiny little freezer

00:25:11.630 --> 00:25:14.990
yeah so I bought the countertop ice maker and

00:25:14.990 --> 00:25:16.670
I don't know if I just again because I'm cheap

00:25:16.670 --> 00:25:18.569
sometimes I don't know if I bought a crappy one

00:25:18.569 --> 00:25:21.990
um but the one I bought the ice if you didn't

00:25:21.990 --> 00:25:23.549
use it right away like it melted really quickly

00:25:23.549 --> 00:25:28.869
yep and it got so moldy inside so fast yeah so

00:25:28.869 --> 00:25:31.480
I was And it was a pain to wash. So I used it

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:33.099
for a couple months because same thing. I always

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:35.440
wanted ice. Yeah. And always having the ice cube

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.920
trays in the freezer was a pain. The kids would

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:40.000
empty them, not refill them. So I loved it. And

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.299
I was actually really sad. It's in the garage

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:45.480
now because I would have to clean it every other

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:48.099
day. It would get moldy. And it was such a pain

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:50.460
to clean. So I think I just bought a shitty one.

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:53.319
But I will say like, yeah, having the ice on

00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:55.960
hand all the time. Right. Such a huge difference.

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:57.819
And now I'm back to the ice cube trays and I

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:59.799
literally this morning, same thing, went to open

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:02.000
it and there was no damn ice because my kids

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:04.900
emptied the tray and didn't refill it. Right.

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:09.019
So I do miss having the ice maker on the counter

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:13.000
a hundred percent. Yep. It's so, it. I just drink

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:15.059
way more water if it's cold. I drink way more.

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:16.940
I don't remember which one I brought. I mean,

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.740
the brand name is on it. I just can't see it

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:20.960
from here because I'm blind as heck. But I did

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:23.160
get it off Amazon. I haven't experienced any

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:27.440
mold issues. It's Frigidaire. Okay, there you

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:29.400
go. Frigidaire. It's great. I haven't had any

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:33.859
issues with it. I do recommend that one. Non

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:38.680
-food related. Oh, I got one. Okay. oh my gosh,

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.819
what do you call them? Now I can't even think

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:41.680
about resistance bands, like for exercising.

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:44.519
So I talked about this. Yeah. I talked about

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:47.940
this the other day on the podcast about how we

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:49.180
were talking about exercise and working out.

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:51.400
And I said how people overcomplicate it and are

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.799
like, I don't have time to exercise. I can't

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:54.200
exercise. I'm not in good enough shape to exercise.

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:58.440
Get yourself resistance bands. I have, oh my

00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:01.140
gosh, probably three or four packages of them.

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:04.480
I have. two different types of them that are

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:07.279
downstairs in the workout room. And then I have

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:09.500
two sets of them in my office, again, different

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:12.900
kinds. I have the flat bands and then I also

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:14.980
have the ones that kind of, I don't know how

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:16.900
to describe it. They kind of look like skipping

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:19.099
ropes. They're thicker though. Um, and they have

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:21.700
handles on either end. And so you can attach

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:24.500
them to things and pull whatever they're, however

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:26.019
you want to explain them. They're like the, they're

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:28.900
cylindrical versus flat. Yeah. And it looks like

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:31.299
a skipping rope with handles. Yeah. Um, so I

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:34.329
have, Different kinds, but the amount of times

00:27:34.329 --> 00:27:37.210
where if you're watching TV, if you're working

00:27:37.210 --> 00:27:40.509
and you're on a call, if you're doing stuff around

00:27:40.509 --> 00:27:43.769
the kitchen, the amount of times that you would,

00:27:43.769 --> 00:27:46.990
you'd be shocked how easy it is to work in resistance

00:27:46.990 --> 00:27:51.049
band work into your day. Whether, like I said,

00:27:51.069 --> 00:27:52.890
if you're doing stuff in the kitchen and you're

00:27:52.890 --> 00:27:55.190
prepping, you could put resistance bands on and

00:27:55.190 --> 00:27:57.509
do some leg lifts or do some squats or do, now

00:27:57.509 --> 00:28:00.730
it sounds crazy, but it's such an easy way. to

00:28:00.730 --> 00:28:02.730
get some movement in, especially when you're

00:28:02.730 --> 00:28:05.750
starting out, especially when you're not allowed

00:28:05.750 --> 00:28:07.769
to really lift yet, but you want to get some

00:28:07.769 --> 00:28:10.690
movement in, do some easy resistance band work.

00:28:10.890 --> 00:28:13.930
So I, like I said, I have them at my desk. I

00:28:13.930 --> 00:28:15.549
have them in my office. I have them in the workout

00:28:15.549 --> 00:28:18.329
room and they come in little bags. You can easily

00:28:18.329 --> 00:28:20.650
store them on a bookshelf or wherever it may

00:28:20.650 --> 00:28:24.400
be. fairly cheap. Yeah. Um, well they're very

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:27.259
inexpensive. So that I think is such an easy

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:30.099
way to work in a little bit of movement and you

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:33.279
can get, you can get a killer workout in with

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:35.240
resistance. Oh yeah. They're in my program that

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.819
I just same with me. And like, can I tell you

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:38.839
my arms are on fire? Yeah. I was like, Oh my

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:40.039
God, is this how you're supposed to be using

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:43.039
resistance bands? Right. So that is definitely

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:45.839
an essential and essential. I would say, um,

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:51.380
on that same vein, a walking pad. Is it essential?

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:55.039
I honestly, I found it to be great in the early,

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:57.200
early stages when you're trying to get those

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:59.759
steps in and maybe you don't live in a place

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:01.099
where you can go for a big walk every day or

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:04.539
the weather's bad. I put it under my desk at

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:06.319
work and I would use it while working. And there

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.819
are people who are going to be like. Were you

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:09.740
on calls when you were on it? Yeah, absolutely.

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:11.900
If you set it to a low enough speed, it's not

00:29:11.900 --> 00:29:13.980
that noticeable when you're on a call. Like you're

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:16.220
not supposed to be like, and then anyway, like

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:18.500
you're just, you know, you're walking and it

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:21.019
was totally fine. I would make sure that my laptop

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:22.799
was up high enough. I didn't have a standing

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.819
desk, but I got something that goes on the desk

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:27.279
that lifts your laptop up. And I was easily able

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:29.259
to do some typing and respond to some messages

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:31.759
while walking on this walking pad. While you're

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:34.140
watching TV. Yeah, watching TV, playing video

00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:37.369
games, like on a call with friends. found in

00:29:37.369 --> 00:29:40.509
the first year I use that walking pad every single

00:29:40.509 --> 00:29:42.750
day I the only reason I don't have it now is

00:29:42.750 --> 00:29:44.769
I gave it to a good friend who needed it because

00:29:44.769 --> 00:29:48.150
I was moving my exercise outdoors but I definitely

00:29:48.150 --> 00:29:50.789
would say a walking pad a thin little one that

00:29:50.789 --> 00:29:53.250
can slide under a desk or under your couch and

00:29:53.250 --> 00:29:55.789
be used here and there I think it's awesome to

00:29:55.789 --> 00:29:57.950
have a walking pad especially in the early days

00:29:57.950 --> 00:30:00.930
of surgery when you know maybe it's too hot to

00:30:00.930 --> 00:30:02.990
be outside or the weather sucks or you're just

00:30:02.990 --> 00:30:04.849
trying to really fit your steps in and like yeah

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:06.599
You have to work. You have to do other things.

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:08.599
You don't have the ability to walk for six hours

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:11.980
a day outside. So yeah, that one's one that I

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:15.160
recommend. That's a good one. I need to use mine

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:19.160
more. Shapewear is essential for me. So basically

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:21.119
it's because of the loose skin. I have shapewear.

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:23.680
So it's not, for me, it's not a make me look

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:26.539
thinner thing. It's a please smooth out all the

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:28.740
loose skin that I have going on. Great. Thank

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:32.380
you. So I actually like. now like shapewear because

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:34.940
it's not cutting into me and super hard to put

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:37.220
on. I'm restrictive. It's almost just like sausage

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:40.400
casing, right? And I kind of like, I like wearing

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:43.339
it now. Like I really enjoy having it on. So

00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:45.960
I have shapewear because of the loose skin. It

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:47.680
really just kind of helps hold everything in

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:50.039
and just makes me feel a little bit more confident,

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:53.059
but you don't need it. right after surgery because

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:55.079
you want to let your stomach heal. You do not

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:57.400
need one of those waist trainers. Oh, gosh, no.

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.559
Please don't wear one of those. Don't need that

00:30:58.559 --> 00:31:01.440
after surgery. I think it's called FAHAS or something.

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:03.519
I don't know why that's recommended on social

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:05.000
channels. Don't do it. Don't do it. You don't

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:07.670
need it. at all. Let your stomach heal. But I'd

00:31:07.670 --> 00:31:09.670
say, you know, maybe six months post -op. Yeah.

00:31:09.690 --> 00:31:11.950
Start looking at some shapewear. It really helps

00:31:11.950 --> 00:31:13.670
with the loose skin. It kind of pulls everything

00:31:13.670 --> 00:31:15.589
in, which is nice. It's a little extra support,

00:31:15.809 --> 00:31:18.390
but I love my shapewear. Yeah. And I would say

00:31:18.390 --> 00:31:20.269
definitely wait because your body's going to

00:31:20.269 --> 00:31:22.630
change so quickly in the first little while.

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:26.859
So don't, and we've talked about that just even

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:28.539
with clothing, like don't buy a lot of stuff

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:30.700
at the beginning because your body will change

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:33.460
drastically really quick. But yeah, like I just

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:35.640
bought one of those like t -shirt dresses. It's

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:37.039
actually in my bag over there. T -shirt dresses

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:39.420
from Old Navy. I'm wearing one right now. Still,

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:42.859
I have like, we'll talk about loose skin, but

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:44.859
there are certain areas where right now the way

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:46.740
that my body is changing, I have more loose skin

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:48.259
than other areas and some areas where I know

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.859
I'm just going to have loose skin. That's the

00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:52.759
way it's going to be. So I bought some. I call

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:55.019
them like sucker inner shorts. But yeah, not

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:58.579
like I compared to like when I used to put Spanx

00:31:58.579 --> 00:32:00.880
on and I would say to Devin, like, I feel like

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:03.259
I'm going into sausage casing and like I would

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:06.420
be sweating. Putting it on? Yeah, it was great.

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:08.259
No, I remember getting dressed and you'd put

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.940
your Spanx on and then I would have to lay on

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:11.859
the bed under the fan because I'd literally be

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:13.720
sweating. Oh, it was just the worst feeling.

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:15.380
That's not what we're talking about. They're

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:17.960
just smooth. I would say they're more smoothing

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.460
than anything. Yeah, I was like, oh, this is

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:21.480
what they're supposed to feel like? Right? Shit.

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:24.900
Oh, okay. Yeah, I bought a pair and I wear them

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:26.799
under the t -shirt dress, for example, just because

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:29.539
I don't want it to necessarily stick to certain

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:33.019
areas. Yep, I agree. Yeah, that's a really good

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:36.880
one. I think for me, and I have an Apple Watch.

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:39.240
I know we talked about Garmin. I've looked at

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:41.640
Garmin for a long time too, but some sort of

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:45.059
tracker. And again, it's not because it's accurate

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:47.440
in terms of calories and that kind of thing.

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:50.119
I'm not using it for that. I just, I'm a visual

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:52.799
person. So I talked about my Stanley and having

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:55.460
the water and having that visual aspect. Same

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:57.380
with my fitness pal and tracking. For me, it's

00:32:57.380 --> 00:33:02.059
visual. But I love having my Apple Watch because...

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:04.660
I'm one of those people where I want to close

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:06.920
my rings, but it's a visual, right? It's did

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:09.759
I get my movement in today? Did I walk around

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:12.519
enough? Did I stand up enough? Oh gosh, my movement

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:14.619
circle. Yeah, my movement circle is only half

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:16.579
closed and it's seven o 'clock. I should probably

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:19.039
go walk around the kitchen or whatever a few

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:22.680
times. So for me, it's some sort of tracking

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:25.740
method for movement. I need the visual. There's

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:27.299
this really cool thing on Etsy. I don't remember

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:30.759
where, but. People do the, there's like a tracker

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:32.579
you can print every year that this person takes.

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:34.839
Oh, like a paper tracker? Yeah, it's got every

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:38.480
month listed. And then every day is broken. So

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:40.700
they'll say like January and then throughout

00:33:40.700 --> 00:33:43.339
the lettering, it will break it into every day

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:45.740
in January. And then what you do is you color

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:49.779
coat like. one k is yellow two to five k is pink

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:52.359
five to six is whatever and then each day you

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:54.839
just color in what you did however far you did

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:56.299
your movement and then at the end of the year

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:57.799
you have this like cool thing that's actually

00:33:57.799 --> 00:34:00.160
kind of cool it's i'll try to remember to share

00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.819
but like that's a cool way to track it if you

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don't want one of these risk trackers is this

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really cool printout of every month of the year

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broken down into every day and then every day

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you just do a different color to represent how

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much movement that's a cool thing to have at

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the end of the year like if you do really well

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and that's a big accomplishment that'd be cool

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up somewhere and you could do you could do whatever

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you want break it down by minutes done hours

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done distance done whatever you want to do that's

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cool that's a cool tracker but i agree with steph

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some way to visually see the changes the difference

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that just inspire you to keep going um yeah so

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i think those are some of our essentials yep

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there's probably a million more that we can't

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think of off the top of our head but that's just

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kind of some of the key ones that are not food.

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Some of them are food related, but not food that

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like we found really important for bariatric

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success or just like our own personal happiness

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and success after surgery. But we want to hear

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like, what are you guys buying? What do you think?

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Are there things that you want us to review or

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look into? Like send it our way and we're happy

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to take a look at reviewing it. Or if we've used

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it, tell you why we like it or we don't like

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it. But we want to hear from you guys. Tell us

00:35:07.030 --> 00:35:08.730
on social, like what are some of your essentials

00:35:08.730 --> 00:35:10.690
or essentials you've heard that you need to buy?

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But yeah, like always, Steph, thank you so much

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for joining me on today's episode. And to all

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of our listeners, thank you so much for following

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along. Thanks, guys. See you next week.